A Family Portrait of Four
I worked on this drawing back in July this year. It is a family portrait drawing of parents and their two children. Their children live in Australia and they don’t have a clear photograph of all four of them together.…
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Katie’s Pet
This beautiful mare is called Katie’s Pet and sadly passed earlier this year. Her owners were very upset. Caroline, my client, contacted me on behalf of her family, with this lovely photograph and wanted it recreated into a painting. Her…
Two sisters, Nell and Edith, holding hands
I finished on this drawing only a couple of weeks ago. It was such a lovely commission to work on, so unusual having the main characters lying down. The two sisters are so cute in the photo, holding hands and…
A Wedding Couple Cutting their Cake
This drawing is based on a vintage wedding album full of interesting images taken on the day of the couple’s wedding. The portrait was a very special gift for the couple’s daughter. Her husband Frank contacted me and visited my…
A mother with her sons admiring the Irish landscape
I painted this painting a couple of months ago. It was commissioned by the lady’s friend as a gift for her 40th birthday. I had one photographic reference for the painting. The client was not sure where the photo was…
Two portraits of parents
I worked on these two drawings in the beginning of July this year (2022). They were commissioned by a client in Douglas in county Cork. The drawings feature the client’s parents, one of both parents at a wedding and the…
A Drawing of Niall Moran
I was commissioned to create a pencil portrait of Niall Moran, the Irish hurler who played for Limerick, by a client a few months ago. The client really enjoyed the coloured pencil drawing I completed of Donal Og a while…
Easter Family Portrait
I worked on this painting a few weeks ago for a return client. He commissioned a painting of him proposing to his wife in Central Park in New York last year. This year he emailed me with a gorgeous photo…
A birthday gift
This painting was commissioned as a milestone birthday gift for the man in the image who is turning 70 in a few months’ time. It was commissioned by his wife. I worked from a few photographs using one for his…
Mother and Daughter Portraits
I completed these two paintings last year 2021 for a returning client. He previously commissioned a painting of a boy and returned with another two commissions last year. He wanted me to paint his wife and daughter’s portraits. These were…
Two Paintings
These two acrylic portraits were commissioned by Tara’s husband as a gift to commemorate the year 2020. In May of this year Elvis, the cat, much beloved by Tara sadly passed away. In August of that year their son was…
A Painting of Frank
This acrylic portrait is of a man called Frank. It was commissioned by his brother-in-law as a gift for his wife and family earlier this year. I had two reference photographs of Frank and used one for his likeness and…